Shipyard Interior "A" Building Showing Line of Bliss Multiple Press
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Equipment sits ready in the newly finished Building A at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge factory. Specialized machines like these were essential to Ford's mass production methods. These machines were first used to build "Eagle" anti-submarine boats during World War I. Ford produced 60 of the boats between May 1918 and October 1919.
Equipment sits ready in the newly finished Building A at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge factory. Specialized machines like these were essential to Ford's mass production methods. These machines were first used to build "Eagle" anti-submarine boats during World War I. Ford produced 60 of the boats between May 1918 and October 1919.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
04 May 1918
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.47.69
Credit
From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of the Mow Family.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.500 in
Width: 10.500 in
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